President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and legendary Fats Domino talk to the press after the President presented him the National Medal of Arts Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, at the musician's home in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. The medal was a replacement medal for the one -- originally awarded by President Bill Clinton -- that was lost in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by Shealah Craighead